Holder for lantern-slides, cards, &amp;c.



I. WARREN.

HOLDER FOB. LANTERN SLIDESKGARDS, 6w. APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 10, 1911.RENEWED MAY 7, 1914. 1, 1 1 1 A22.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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UMT STATES 1 TENTIOFF 111,422,. i j a i Sp: ihe dirorre t is Patent.

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f Be',it'known thatf lg citizen of the {United States"; residing atChicago, in the" coiinty of? Cook and State, of i Illinois, haveinvented certain newand useful Improvement's' in Holders for, Lantern-Slides, Cards, 62o), of which the 1 following is "ad-"description,referencebei-ng'had to the ac companying 'drawing's forming; a-%,partthis: specification, inw which' corresponding; i inume'rals ofreference-fin the difierentfig-j.

iire's'"indicate"lik partsi 4 v ;The primary object ofiny invention istoI "l provide a frame orcontainerffor the'reception, l storage,protection and classification definite "numbers, safi e t is to 'soconstruct "said 'frame that each h article i 3 may be readily, placedtherein or; removed therefrom with- [out disturbing theothers andwhen sopla'cedma'y be re'ad'i'ly' located {and examined,

and this regardless {of the-number of "con- To these 'endsf-myinventionkoonsists' pr1- r in rigid frame element, preferablyrectangularfin form, YinVwhich; 'pivotally "mounted a "seriesyof hinged;on pivoted posts tainers employed. 1

or shafts, having 'grooved' or chan'neled arm's,

=-or si pporting inemberswhich are yieldingly 'held normally i'n athe''plane of the frame but:

free to bei-n'o'ved out ofsaid'jplan'e'when it is 'desired:a'tojfiplace'articles therein or to] re-j *move them-therefrom; {all of which ishere-I {matter more partioi larlyldescribed and i definitely pointed outin1the claims i {In the drawings; Figure? -"1,1: is a front ele v ationof a ease showinga number of units therein embodying 'the feat1ires ofmyinven ftion, FigI 2,- is a side elevation thereof show; vingioneToff-said iinits or frame members; "fwithdrawn to permit thecontents to be lD-J ifspected,-Fig.jf 3*, is an" enlarged side view indeta'ilof one of said i1nits showing th pivoted'tr swingingnnembers,Fig;4, is a transverse sectional view thereof, taken-upon *the *li'ne 4+4,Fig. 3', viewed in the direction tiona'lview in plan taken iiponthe line55,

Fig. 3,rshowing{fthe manner "in which the KIRE NE WA 1 EN, a

- "pivotedsupportingielements are adapted to swing, laterally tope'rmit;v the insertion or withdrawal ofartic les,fllig,f6 is asectional view taken upon the'line 6 6, Fig.- 3 ,viewed in the directionof the arrow "there shown,

and Fig. 7, isa sectional View in detail 'taken'uponthe line 7-7, Fig.2,viewedin the directionof thea'rrow there shown.

improved container is adapted to be used'either' singly or imseries, butinasmuch as a considerable number; of them "would. "ordinarily v be usedtogether it, is desirable that"*a caseflshould be provided: to receivethem andfit is in this way that Ih'ave preferred to show them; IReferring to thefdrawings 1', Figs. 1 and h PatentedSept. 1914. i

2, represents a rectangular box-like case adapted to receive apredetermined number of frames or containerswhich are uniform in ,SIZGand construction. consists ofa rigid rectangular frame 2 pref- Eachcontainer 'er'ably made of wood', which is fitted to slide loosely inthe easel, sothat when" in'place the front edge of the framewillbesubstantially flush with that of thefcasew I prefer to provideextensions 3, uponthe rear of eaohframe at top and bottom as showninFigsQ, and 3, said extensions belng integral. with the top and bottomrails. Said railsand extensions are provided; with grooves 4,Figs.2, 3,4: and 7,"into"which stop pins 5 secured in the top" and bottom of thecase, are arranged to project; Shoulders '6,-are formed near the rearends of said grooves to engage saidj pins when theframes are drawnoutwardly and serve to limit their utward'movement in the mannerindicated i 'ri l 2. l q i I Mounted in eachof the frames 2, are postsor shafts; 7 which arepivotally secured "at "their respective endstowthe'inneredges of: g the horizontal rails preferably by means of jpintles 7*, Fig; or in any-approved way to. permit said'members to-bepartially roltatedrj Rigidly'attached to and extendingat fright anglesfrom each of the members 7,

are arms 8, which are arranged in a common plane so thateachsupportingmember with its several arms is equivalent to' a gate,door or leaf adapted tobeswungback or'lt'orth exceptthose at thetop andbottolnispro- ,Vided with grooves orchannels "9 vin its up- "per' and"lower edges respectively. The topmost arm however has a groove only inits lower edge and the lowermost arm in its upupon 'avertic'al'axis.Each ofthe arms 8,

per edge. These grooves form counterparts to each other in adjacent-armsso that when a. leaf is swung laterally upon its pivot to bring the freeends ofthe arms era-er the plane of the main frame, as shown in Fig.

5, any flat thin article of proper size may be pushed edgewiseintothegtooves-and theresupported. The device is especially .appro priatefor the preservation -andclassificationY of lantern slidesandphotographic negatives and in Figs. 8, ,4: and: 5,1 have illustratedf1 the mannertin which' gla'ss slides may be} 'insertedfwithdrawn orstored; It will be noted that the supporting members or oontainers areso placed with reference :to each:

other that the forward ends of the' arms of; one are just behind andnear to. the :shaft of the other. I prefer to have :the free'ends,of;the arms {project in onefl direction .,only,; and; that toward thefront 'so that when the frame is pushed back in the' case ,any leaf;

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itainers'in proper order, the several frames are pushed-back 1n the caseas shown-1n F g.

vertical niovement in a bore formed. in the lower bar of the frame 2,and is pressed upwardly by means of a coiled spring 13.;

VVli ei the arm is in the plane; of the frame the container asa wholewill be, yieldingly held in its normal position, but when it is}mecessajryto insert or withdrawa slide, a

slight lateral pressure willcause the. con-: tainer tO SWIDg' upon itsaxis in either di-' When the slides are allinserted-iin the con-j 1,where theyare protected from dust ;or:

injury, Each frame may be designated ,any predetermined number, legendor label 14, upon itsjfront by which the contents of.

" the containers therein may be indicated, and

frame the handle 15 thereof-is grasped and the frame is drawn outwardlyto its full limit. The case should be so placed that ,whenso withdrawneverylantern ,slide will ,be between a source of light and the personexamining it. This enables any particular slide- -to be recognized andwithdrawn-at =once".

In order to classify the contentsof the con- I tainers,l prefer to formgrooveslti upon opposite sides of each arm forthe receptionyof labels..The labels in thegrooves'upon one side may be permanent in order to,identify slides which should bear corresponding labels or marks, whilethe labels in the grooves upon other transparencies, thecombination'jwi;

an open reetangular frame, of plurality, lof. shafts 'ypivotallylmountedibetweerr two S d plane and within the frame,j for the purposethe "opposite side may be removable. Such 'asysteni 'Tw'ould enableidifferent persons to use the slides and-by inserting the properlabelfnpon the removal of a given slide, all

"those outstanding could be accounted for,

thereby *enabling the slides to be systematically olassified, andacoounted for. -;.-at all times, :which is of vital importance-wherethecollection isyvoluminousa 5 g Theijde vice is especially applicableto the use'of museums, universities, schools and; colfleges, or anyinstitution oribusiness housei in which -class i ficationofthel-character incli- 1 cated may-be desired. For .preser vingscien- 7title specimens it maybe ,cfonnd desirable "-tQ ma-ke, the framesand-{leaves sheet a varied in detail withinthe; scope--of;thesap:pen'ded claims. 1T. i l

I Having time -described "my; nventiomj l a in a device,rmfihbialingliana miiaesr of the; frame, spaced ;-1'arms extendinglilzQ'I i on'e side-of thesha fts,anduprovided withmeansadaptedrtoreceive-and hold dantern slides or other transparenciesbetween-them,

the length-of thearms being les's than the ist nc ween fle i w t s ts. hreby 1,

the lantern 'slides or; :other transparencies willgnorma'lly lie-gin thesameiplane rand within the frame, ;-fori;the.qpiil=pose set forth; -;2.Ina devieefor holding lant'ern ;slid es.-or other transparencies, thecombination with an open rectangular f -rama of I agplurality ofshaftsmounteduponrtwo sides of the -trame, arms) extending from one sideojf thefshatts,

said arlnsgbeingprovided withg-grooves in their opposite-side s to seatand lhold lanterni s e or other t spare e b weearthe the length ofthearms; rbeing; less vthanthe distance between; adj acent shafts wherebythe lantern 7 slides or 3 other; tran'spjarencies .will normally lie;.-in the -sam'e'--;plane and; "Wi in e immetfo th p rpo a rthwheneveritv is desired to examine a given a i i rality of shafts pivotallymounted between 129 the two sides of the frame, spaced armsaex tendingfrom one side of the shafts and.;providedwith means adaptedgto'. -ICelYe:aihd;j

hold lantern slides; or fother-transparencies' between'them the lengthfof the armsbeing less, than thedistance between .adjacent shaftswhereby the lantern slides; or other transparencies will normally lie.in the same-1..

set forth.

4. The combination a I. asg -1iavil1 parallel grooves" therein, ofvapluralityof parallel rectangular; frames slidably arranged in saidgrooves" adjacent to each other, each of said frames having verticalposts pivotally mounted therein at top and 1 bottom and a series offorwardly extended 1 longitudinally grooved arms upon each of,projectinglaterally "may be caused ,to impinge uponan adjacent framewhen agiven frame is pushed into place, thus causing them to be movedinto a common plane without danger of accident or injury thereto.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses, this eighth day of February Y IRENEWARREN.

Witnesses: it

LOREN M. CARR, JENNm L. Flsim,

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